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Sheffield, Gb

Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

• Balance sheet reconciliations • Maintaining the Fixed Asset Register • Preparing & posting month end journals• Preparing the GRNI Accrual reconciliation • Checking, authorising and sending emergency payments, expenses & foreign payment runs• Preparing Gift Aid claims including submission to HMRC• Complete VAT checking processes • Providing support for transactional accounts e.g. Direct Debit, Standing Order & Online Sales reconciliations• Providing support through year end & audit• Document, review & improve financial processes & controls

Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

• Download and import of bank statements into accounting system• Bank Reconciliations • Transaction Allocation • Investigating and resolving queries arising from banking and transaction allocations• Overseeing payment runs, checking appropriate approval levels and uploading into PTX• Responsible for the set up and maintenance of direct debits and standing orders• Monitoring email inboxes for Treasury & Sales Ledger• Uploading foreign payments onto Barclays • Assisting in month end shut down for the Treasury team • Processing donations via banking cheques & processing credit card payments • Taking credit card payments via telephone

Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

• Processing & coding supplier invoices for 3 companies • Entering supplier invoices and credit notes onto the accounts system• Liaising with suppliers to resolve supplier queries• Reconcile supplier accounts • Preparation of payment runs for 3 companies • Uploading payment runs & offline payments to the online banking system • Maintenance of purchase ledger records and reconciliation of balances • Providing detailed account information to auditors • Maintenance of daily cashbooks • Daily bank reconciliations• Preparing of daily cash figures • Handling petty cash • Prepare & produce regular reports & spreadsheets • Preparing & raising recharge sales invoices • Filing & scanning duties

Sheffield, United Kingdom

• Involvement as a key member of a project team as part of a shared service centre creation, which involved work shadowing to gain in depth process knowledge, supporting the Go Live process by creating process documents which included process maps, key steps and how to guides, training new and current members of staff and being the key contact for the cashiers function • Maintain 15 cashbooks using K8 & producing monthly bank reconciliations • Process payments via online banking system• Raise cheques electronically via Checkprint, completion of BACS process via Experian • Review, process and pay cash expenses• Review, administer and maintain UK wide electronic petty cash claims for over 200 branches using Prepaid Financial Services • Issue pre-paid cards and liaise with Prepaid Financial Services• Administer head office petty cash• Administration of company credit cards, system process application forms and adhere to company policies and confidentiality • Helpdesk for SDOL queries• Bank cash from vending machines & post money taken for personal mail• Order and maintain foreign Currency using TTT Moneycorp website• Process Foreign currency expenses• Adhoc Tasks – Liaise with bank, branches, other SIG businesses, telephone queries etc.

Sheffield, United Kingdom

• Reconciling accounts to supplier statements (Kerridge K8)• Processing rebates• Coding and inputting invoices & credit notes (Kerridge K8)• Meeting settlement discount targets where necessary• Resolving invoice queries• Setting up new supplier accounts• Answering telephone queries• Preparing weekly BACs runs• EDI Reconciliations• General Admin duties (photocopying, filing, faxing)

Sheffield, United Kingdom

• Responsible for the day to day running of the accounts office• Coding and processing supplier invoices/ credits• Reconciling to supplier statements• Balancing the cash book• Monthly and weekly BACs / Cheque runs• Taking card payments via telephone, answering telephone queries• Chasing money• Petty Cash• Banking of Daily Cash• General Admin Duties (photocopying, filing, faxing)

Sheffield, United Kingdom

• Processing supplier invoices / credit notes (SAGE)• Reconciling to supplier statements• Processing and paying employees expenses (SAGE)• Monthly and weekly BACs / Cheque runs (SAGE)• Answering telephone queries• Petty Cash, banking cash• General Admin Duties (photocopying, filing, faxing)

Sheffield, United Kingdom

• Processing supplier invoices / credits for 3 companies Toyota, Lexus & Subaru (Kerridge)• Reconciling to supplier statements• Monthly and weekly BACs / Cheque runs• Answering telephone queries• Reception Cover• Cash Book Cover• Vehicle Admin Cover• Ordering stationary supplies• Post Duties• General Admin Duties (photocopying, filing, faxing)

Aat, Technician

AAT Level 2 Foundation 2012 AAT Level 3 Intermediate 2013 AAT Level 4 Technician 2014

Education record

NVQ Administration Level 2 – 2001 CLAIT Computer Literacy and Information Technology – 2001 ILEX Legal Secretaries Certificate Level 2 –.